Manchester United were an incredibly hard club to turn down under Sir Alex Ferguson, though the former manager almost missed out on top target Teddy Sheringham previously.
On this day, twenty-five years ago, the England international joined the Red Devils from Tottenham Hotspur in a deal worth £3.5million. However, there was a time when the deal didn’t look like it would happen.
After Eric Cantona retired, Ferguson desperately needed to bolster his ranks in the final third and wanted a top player to come in and slot in seamlessly. Sheringham was without a trophy to his name at 31 and had prioritised that at his next club – so the move itself made sense.
